On Fri, May 21, 2021, 4:47 PM Паша <pavel.finkelshtein@gmail.com> wrote:
пт, 21 мая 2021 г., 23:40 Manhong Dai via aur-general < aur-general@lists.archlinux.org>:
On Fri, May 21, 2021, 4:36 PM mar77i via aur-general < aur-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
IMHO, as it is very tricky to distribute a patch file without copyright, a better solution for AUR maintainers is to creat patch files including
upstream copyright and then host the files somewhere else. AUR will not be liable to such legal headache anymore, and the patch file owner enjoys
-‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, May 21, 2021 10:25 PM, Manhong Dai via aur-general < aur-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote: the the
deserved credit all by himself while taking the full liability too. After all, AUR seems to be a public community for now and TU works for free for now too.
You know how fugly that is? If my domain where I store my source code gets nuked because I get hit by a bus, nobody else may know what the patch's content was. Sure, I could be less "anti-social" and just use github like too many other people, but I don't like being forced to do so. There was a similar discussion on the topic in the pypi community recently, where the problem of too many things hosted elsewhere is raised in the same way.
https://discuss.python.org/t/what-to-do-about-gpus-and-the-built-distributio...
As long as other people ever downloaded your patch files, everything is fine no matter your website is nuked or you get hit by a bus.
Actually your logic applies to AUR too, are you worried about AUR is nuked?
Best, Manhong
cheers! mar77i
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With all due respect I want to remind you that law has not only the letter, but also a spirit. And when RMS was advocating for GPL he always kept in mind how the story had begun: he wasn't able to fix error in the printer firmware cause it was proprietary. And the whole idea of GPL was ability for user to change the software.
And also it was always about freedom and availability of course AND knowledge. Saying that we should not teach other users how they can modify source code they have is bad for the freedom and breaks both of these principles.
Thanks a lot for teaching me not to teach others! Actually I am not teaching anyone as I said I know nothing about law and it is just my humble opinion. Best, Manhong